OREANDA-NEWS. December 29, 2008. Mr. Sergey Chemezov withdrew his consent to stand for election to the Board of Directors of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel (“MMC Norilsk Nickel” or the “Company”) at the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders on December 26, 2008, reported the press-centre of Norilsk Nickel.

In his letter to General Director of MMC Norilsk Nickel Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, Sergey Chemezov noted, in particular, that he is looking forward to mutually beneficial cooperation in the future.

Mr. Chemezov’s candidacy complied with all the criteria set out for independent directors in the Charter of MMC Norilsk Nickel.